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•Wed Apr 01 2026

Arc Raiders Best Looting Locations, Weapons & Attachments (500 Hour Player Guide)

Knowing where to loot and what to bring are the two most important decisions you make before every raid in Arc Raiders. Here's a full breakdown of the five best looting locations, the weapons worth investing in, the attachments that actually move the needle, and how to think smarter about what you're picking up on the ground.

The 5 Best Looting Locations in Arc Raiders

While good loot can technically spawn almost anywhere depending on RNG, some locations in Arc Raiders have a noticeably higher and more consistent rate of quality drops. These five spots rise above the rest.

1. The Pharmacy Building — Buried City

Pharmacy Building - Buried City— Pharmacy Building - Buried City —

Map: Buried City | Best Event: Night Raid

The Pharmacy Building is one of the most consistently rewarding looting locations in the game. If you can get there before other players, it almost always delivers. Expect to find high-level weapon attachments including the Kinetic Converter and Anvil Splitter, Wolfpack grenades, high-tier trinkets, and occasionally blueprints.

Optimal Route:

  • Enter from the roof of the building
  • Immediately turn left through the window toward the staircase
  • Before heading in, glance over the ledge — if the dresser drawers below are closed, you're the first one there
  • Loot all dresser drawers on that floor, then move two rooms to the right and loot the two additional dressers there
  • Turn around and grab everything from the wall-mounted white cabinet drawers in that same area
  • Head downstairs and hit all the white drawers on the ground floor
  • For extra loot, check the shelves on the bottom floor — usually medical items or trinkets
  • When finished, breach the wooden door and head straight to the nearby extraction point

This is one of the fastest and most efficient looting routes in the game. Prioritise it on Night Raids for the best results.

2. Assembly Workshop — Stella Montis

Assembly Workshop - Stella Montis— Assembly Workshop - Stella Montis —

Map: Stella Montis | Best Event: Normal (not Night Raid) | Best For: Money Farming

If your goal is to farm raw currency, the Assembly Workshop on Stella Montis is arguably the best money-making location in the game. It's entirely possible to pull around $100,000 worth of loot in just 3–4 minutes using this route.

Optimal Route:

  • Spawn in and check all of the large rooms — both upstairs and downstairs
  • Pay special attention to toolbox drawers, which have a very high chance of containing high-value loot
  • At the far east end of the workshop room, there is a Raider Hatch — use this to extract when you're done with the route

Important note: This is one farm where you should not run it on a Night Raid. The area has strong loot regardless of event, and Normal Stella Montis lets you bail quickly through the Raider Hatch. Run this regularly to keep your wallet healthy.

3. Research & Administration Building — Damn Battlegrounds

Map: Damn Battlegrounds | Best Event: Electromagnetic Storm | Best For: Blueprints & Trinkets

This might be the single best general-purpose looting area in Arc Raiders right now. It's excellent for trinkets, blueprints, and processors. If you're hunting the Snap Hook blueprint specifically, the Research and Administration Building has produced four separate confirmed blueprint finds — all during the Electromagnetic Storm event.

Optimal Route:

  • Run up the large metal staircase on the side of the building to reach the top floor
  • Head immediately for the green lockers — these consistently contain high-quality trinkets
  • There are additional rooms behind you with even more green lockers, plus more further down the hallway
  • Check the blue drawers along the way — they frequently contain good items too
  • Move to the northeast side of the building and loot every drawer in the office cubicles — this is where blueprint drops happen most often
  • Before leaving, hit the server room if you need processors for crafting augments or trigger grenades

Run this during the Electromagnetic Storm event for the best possible results.

4. The Breachable Security Room & Red Room — Blue Gate

Map: Blue Gate | Best Events: Night Raid, Electromagnetic Storm, Cold Snap

Two areas sitting close to each other on Blue Gate that together form one of the best combined looting runs available — particularly if you're hunting augment blueprints.

The Breachable Room:

  • Spawn on the hills at the far north of the map and run down to the building
  • Take the zipline down, head through the nearby door, and you're right there
  • Breach open the door and focus on the black mesh lockers on the walls — the vast majority of augment blueprint finds here come from those exact containers
  • If there's a Security Breach terminal in the room, activate it while you're there

The Red Room (Battery Room): After clearing the breachable room, head to the Red Room next door. To unlock it, you'll need three batteries, which can spawn in one of four spots:

  1. Just outside the breachable security room on the wall
  2. Upstairs, near the top of the staircase
  3. Beneath that same staircase
  4. Inside the nearby server room

Carry the batteries one at a time, following the blue line on the floor to the door. Insert all three into the slot, hit the button, and the Red Room opens — usually with solid loot inside.

5. Medical Research — Stella Montis

Map: Stella Montis | Best Event: Night Raid | Best For: Blueprints & High-Value Medicals

Out of every map currently in the game, Stella Montis is the most consistently packed with high-value loot across the board. The Medical Research area, in particular, has a very high density of lootable containers, all with strong chances of spawning blueprints or valuable medical items that sell for a high price back at Spiranza.

Watch out for Shredders in this area — they like to hang around the Medical Research room and will ruin your run if you're not paying attention.

When you're done with Medical Research — or if you arrive and the area's already been looted — head outside to the Loading Bay. Check all the green metallic drawers and breachable containers on both sides of the bay. These also have strong blueprint and high-value item spawn rates.

Going in during a Night Raid makes this run almost a guaranteed high-value haul.

The Best Weapons in Arc Raiders

Not all weapons in Arc Raiders are worth your time or your money. Here's an honest breakdown of what's actually worth running.

Best PvP Weapons

Il Toro — Currently the strongest PvP gun in the game. It fits on almost any build and delivers exceptional value relative to its cost. If you're only going to get good at one weapon for Raider combat, make it this one.

Venator — Even after a nerf, the Venator 4 has a disturbingly fast time-to-kill. It is extremely lethal against other Raiders. The key thing to understand: upgrading the Venator to level four is what improves its rate of fire, not weapon attachments. Always prioritise the weapon upgrade itself over attachments for this one.

Renegade — A solid, mid-tier PvP option when you're okay spending a bit more than on the budget picks. Best used on large, open maps like Blue Gate where range matters.

Stitcher — A great budget Raider-killer. You get a lot of kill potential out of a very cheap gun. Excellent when you want to PvP without risking expensive gear.

Kettle — Same tier as the Stitcher. A cheap, effective option for PvP that won't hurt your wallet if things go sideways.

Bobcat — Powerful, but expensive to upgrade. Not the best value pick for most players compared to the Stitcher.

Best PvE / Arc-Killing Weapons

Ferro & Anvil — Excellent for low-to-mid-tier Arc. Efficient, cost-effective, and gets the job done against most standard Arc enemies.

Hullcracker — Elite for taking down large Arc. Bastions, Bombardiers, Queens, Matriarchs — the Hullcracker handles all of them. The good news: you can buy Hullcrackers directly, and if you're running the Stella Montis money farm, keeping yourself stocked shouldn't be a problem.

Equalizer — Considered one of the best big-Arc guns in the game alongside the Hullcracker. May take a while to unlock as a newer player, but worth pursuing.

Weapon Attachments That Actually Matter

Worth noting upfront: attachments are mostly necessary for PvP. Against Arc, your weapon upgrade level and equipment do most of the heavy lifting — you rarely need attachments to clear Arc enemies effectively. In Raider-vs-Raider combat, though, every edge counts.

Il Toro — Even a low-level Shotgun Choke and Shotgun Magazine make a noticeable difference. Tighter pellet spread and more shots before reloading can seal team wipes.

Kettle & Stitcher — Prioritise any barrel that reduces dispersion (Arc Raiders' term for reticle bloom). Landing more shots on target is the whole game with these weapons. Any magazine extension is also a strong pick — running dry mid-gunfight is painful.

Venator — Any medium magazine attachment is the move. A grip attachment can help too, but again — the weapon upgrade to level four is what matters most for the Ventor's performance.

Renegade — A silencer works well here, especially on open maps like Blue Gate. It won't make you fully silent, but it reduces how much noise you put out in the open, which limits how much attention you attract when dropping someone outdoors.

The Real Most Valuable Loot in Arc Raiders

Here's a mindset shift that changes how you loot: the most valuable items are not always the rarest or the most expensive. The most valuable loot is whatever you personally need to craft and upgrade the items you use most.

Start by asking yourself three questions:

  1. What do I craft most often?
  2. What weapons do I upgrade most regularly?
  3. What materials do I need to do those things?

Once you know those answers, build your mental "always grab" checklist from there. Two categories of items:

  • Items you can craft at the workbench — still worth grabbing if you see them, but not a priority
  • Items you cannot craft — these should always be picked up without question

Processors are the most important example of the second category. They cannot be crafted at Spiranza, but they're needed for crafting high-value augments like the Looting Mark III Survivor and also for Trigger Grenades, which remain one of the strongest PvP utility items in the game. Whenever you see processors, take them.

Build your own version of this checklist based on your playstyle, and you'll find that your runs become more purposeful and your crafting supply stays consistently topped up.

Final Thoughts

Arc Raiders is a game that rewards preparation over improvisation. Knowing which five locations consistently deliver, understanding which weapons are worth the investment, running the right attachments in PvP, and being intentional about what you pick up off the ground — these habits compound over time into a measurably better Raider.

Pick one location from this list you haven't explored properly yet, build a route around it, and run it until it becomes second nature. Then move on to the next one. That's how you grind efficiently.

Stay safe out there, and happy looting.